Convair PB4Y-2/P4Y-2 Privateer (Naval Fighters Number Ninety-three) - Softcover

Nicholas A. Veronico

9780984611461: Convair PB4Y-2/P4Y-2 Privateer (Naval Fighters Number Ninety-three)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984611460 ISBN 13: 9780984611461

Publisher: Steve Ginter, 2012

The Privateer was a heavily armed (6-twin .50 cal. machine gun turrets) four-engine, long range, land-based, patrol bomber developed from the famous B-24/PB4Y-1 Liberator. It was responsible for sinking over 550 Japanese ships and shooting down almost 50 enemy aircraft. It usually operated alone but sometimes with a second Privateer on its missions lasting up to 11-12 hours at a time.

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About the Author:

Nicholas A. Veronico is a science and technology writer who works for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific at the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Science Center at NASA Ames. He is the author of more than two dozen books on military and aviation subjects, and served as the lead scriptwriter for Scrapping Aircraft Giants, a Discovery Channel documentary on commercial aircraft scrapping. This book is the product of more than 20 years of research into the development and use of the PB4Y-2.

Review:

"This is one of the best and most informative books of the Naval Fighter Series I have read. It is very well done and covers this aircraft and the squadrons that flew it very well. It does not have a tailhook, but I highly recommend it to all aviation historians." -- Cdr. Doug Siegfried, USN (ret.) The Hook, Winter 2012, Page 66

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